ARCO Madrid 2026
RAVNIKAR | 9OP09
Nevena Aleksovski & Maja Babič Košir
Letters from the South 𝑀𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒶, 2026
In colaboration with Pedro Maia
Letters from the South 𝑀𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒶 is a monument to resistance, hope and human dignity. It is presented in the Opening Section of ARCO Madrid (4–8 March 2026), curated by Anissa Touati and Rafa Barber Cortell, at booth 9OP09.
The site-specific installation by Nevena Aleksovski and Maja Babič Košir, in collaboration with Pedro Maia, is an evolving collaborative archive carried by the power, spirit and hope of sisterhood.
The work honours the women who fought within the anti-fascist movements of the Second World War. Around 100,000 women served in the Yugoslav partisan army, while nearly 2 million joined the Women’s Anti-Fascist Front, sustaining resistance through military, medical and social organisation that enabled communities to survive occupation. Dedicated to Milena, Maja’s grandmother and a partisan, the installation carries the memory of quiet heroism across generations.
Every resistance leaves traces within bodies, families and collective memory. Violence interrupts life and reshapes those who return from it. We become different fathers, different mothers, different versions of ourselves, carrying history as both wound and witness.
Letters from the South 𝑀𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒶 stands as a monument and reminder that history is not only what is lost, but what survives: dignity, courage and the fragile hope of peace.
For the presentation at ARCO Madrid, Pedro Maia has conceived a modular wall structure developed in dialogue with the two artists. The installation forms a portable architecture of images and memory, allowing the works to appear in evolving constellations. Through a restrained yet open visual field, the structure functions simultaneously as archive and space of encounter, reflecting the project’s broader meditation on transmission, sisterhood and the fragile continuity of collective remembrance.
About the project
Text by Àngels Miralda
Short Biographies
Maja Babič Košir
Nevena Aleksovski
Pedro Maia
Price list
Available works
Contact
Piera Ravnikar
Founder & Director
+ 386 40 846 069
piera@ravnikar.org
www.ravnikar.org
projects@ravnikar.org
Letters from the South 𝑀𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒶, 2026
In colaboration with Pedro Maia
Letters from the South 𝑀𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒶 is a monument to resistance, hope and human dignity. It is presented in the Opening Section of ARCO Madrid (4–8 March 2026), curated by Anissa Touati and Rafa Barber Cortell, at booth 9OP09.
The site-specific installation by Nevena Aleksovski and Maja Babič Košir, in collaboration with Pedro Maia, is an evolving collaborative archive carried by the power, spirit and hope of sisterhood.
The work honours the women who fought within the anti-fascist movements of the Second World War. Around 100,000 women served in the Yugoslav partisan army, while nearly 2 million joined the Women’s Anti-Fascist Front, sustaining resistance through military, medical and social organisation that enabled communities to survive occupation. Dedicated to Milena, Maja’s grandmother and a partisan, the installation carries the memory of quiet heroism across generations.
Every resistance leaves traces within bodies, families and collective memory. Violence interrupts life and reshapes those who return from it. We become different fathers, different mothers, different versions of ourselves, carrying history as both wound and witness.
Letters from the South 𝑀𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒶 stands as a monument and reminder that history is not only what is lost, but what survives: dignity, courage and the fragile hope of peace.
For the presentation at ARCO Madrid, Pedro Maia has conceived a modular wall structure developed in dialogue with the two artists. The installation forms a portable architecture of images and memory, allowing the works to appear in evolving constellations. Through a restrained yet open visual field, the structure functions simultaneously as archive and space of encounter, reflecting the project’s broader meditation on transmission, sisterhood and the fragile continuity of collective remembrance.
About the project
Text by Àngels Miralda
Short Biographies
Maja Babič Košir
Nevena Aleksovski
Pedro Maia
Price list
Available works
Contact
Piera Ravnikar
Founder & Director
+ 386 40 846 069
piera@ravnikar.org
www.ravnikar.org
projects@ravnikar.org
Contact
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